The Energon Pub

Stumpybot wrote:somebody done f***ed up this time. Whats that i see in the distance? a tidal wave of pure nerd rage?

this sounded off from day 1 to me. TFsource was the main source of info, the MP exclusivity being so close and the blatantly flipping off the fans that they know had dropped the money. i hope the truth of whats gone on come out, coz a lot of shops were taking preorders for this

Other shops wouldn't've taken orders unless they could get solicitations from somewhere. So the next question is who was giving sellers false information?

Either way I'm glad I kept my Artfire preorder. Though now I'm sad that it looks like I won't be getting a SG Inferno

Rated X wrote:Was I the only one that kept my MP pre-order and was happy for everyone else who was getting the united ? If this was backlash from "nerd outrage" I hope CHMS gets in on the action. I dont condone greediness.

I don't think it's any sort of backlash. It seemed fishy from the get go that Takara would release the figure when Million Publishing already had their exclusive on the way.

I call BS. The online shops had frickin' model numbers!!!

'UN-32' didn't just come out of nowhere, it came from Takara, period. I'm betting they did plan on a retail release, but Million complained to Takara (due to the horrendous price difference) that it would kill sales/value of the 'exclusive' they thought they had, so Takara pulled the plug on UN-32 at the last minute to please them.

xyl360 wrote:I call BS. The online shops had frickin' model numbers!!!

'UN-32' didn't just come out of nowhere, it came from Takara, period. I'm betting they did plan on a retail release, but Million complained to Takara (due to the horrendous price difference) that it would kill sales/value of the 'exclusive' they thought they had, so Takara pulled the plug on UN-32 at the last minute to please them.

Actually, UN-32 can be easily deduced as the next one after UN-31 Beast Megatron as such number always follow simple logic. That doesn't take away the fact I'd like to know what's going on, and who was messing with everyone's minds.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

xyl360 wrote:I call BS. The online shops had frickin' model numbers!!!

'UN-32' didn't just come out of nowhere, it came from Takara, period. I'm betting they did plan on a retail release, but Million complained to Takara (due to the horrendous price difference) that it would kill sales/value of the 'exclusive' they thought they had, so Takara pulled the plug on UN-32 at the last minute to please them.

Actually, UN-32 can be easily deduced as the next one after UN-31 Beast Megatron as such number always follow simple logic. That doesn't take away the fact I'd like to know what's going on, and who was messing with everyone's minds.

True, but it's still an assumption by all of the online retailers if that's the case. How were they to know (or assume) that it was UN-32? Maybe there was something else in the same wave/coming out first which would have had UN-32 as a model #?

I'm just saying, it seems really odd to me because everything about it made it seem like they had valid info from Takara.

BBTS still has their preorder up for UN-32 by the way, but I'm sure that will change soon (likely today).

Rated X wrote:Was I the only one that kept my MP pre-order and was happy for everyone else who was getting the united ?

I kept mine but was glad to see a cheaper option available. It never made sense though. A Stepper/Ricochet maybe since it's been a year and there's different things they could do to change up the Jazz mold (like using the second head that has thus far only been used at Botcon) but Artfire can't be different enough and still satisfactorily be Artfire in both cases. Not while coming out at the same time.

Hard to say what exactly went down, but I gotta assume it was more than pure BS if someone was feeding TFcurse specifics that they were in turn passing along. I can't imagine they woulda been putting out random nonsense from an unreliable source. Wonder how many canceled their pre-price increase preorders, though, in favor of this one that's apparently not to be.

Again, here's hoping it's an Encore release of the G1. That dude is WAY overdue. Glad I didn't cancel my preorder... and honestly, I really do enjoy pouring over those books in spite of my lack of knowledge of the Japanese language. (outside of a handful of kana I've been slowly working on.) The behind the scenes and unreleased photos have been groundbreaking. Revelations. Love that stuff.

This is the second time this month that communication between Takara and their international retailers has not been correct (that we have seen). What's going Takara?

xyl360 wrote:I call BS. The online shops had frickin' model numbers!!!

'UN-32' didn't just come out of nowhere, it came from Takara, period. I'm betting they did plan on a retail release, but Million complained to Takara (due to the horrendous price difference) that it would kill sales/value of the 'exclusive' they thought they had, so Takara pulled the plug on UN-32 at the last minute to please them.

As I mentioned last week, I wonder if UN-32 will be Hotspot.

Stormrider wrote:This is the second time this month that communication between Takara and their international retailers has not been correct (that we have seen). What's going Takara?

xyl360 wrote:I call BS. The online shops had frickin' model numbers!!!

'UN-32' didn't just come out of nowhere, it came from Takara, period. I'm betting they did plan on a retail release, but Million complained to Takara (due to the horrendous price difference) that it would kill sales/value of the 'exclusive' they thought they had, so Takara pulled the plug on UN-32 at the last minute to please them.

As I mentioned last week, I wonder if UN-32 will be Hotspot.

THAT would make sense, they may have miscommunicated the name/details somewhere down the line since Hotspot would no doubt be using the same exact mold .

It would be awesome if I didn't have to track down the Asia exclusives outside of my usual Japan haunting grounds. Bring on Hot Spot!